Climate Wick Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wick Airport (EGPC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.9	70	82	80	87	93
February	85.3	81	83	83	89	90
March	76.4	60	61	83	69	87
April	76.5		70	64	89	81
May	67.1		57	77	57	75
June	67.9		73	73	76	50
July	60.8		59	67	29	70
August	69.8		69	69	44	64
September	77.6		77	74	69	83
October	76.1		62	79	78	62
November	75.7		67	77	76	82
December	78.2		60	83	75	78
Average	72.5	69.3	67.5	74.0	66.1	73.8

71st best VFR conditions of United Kingdom

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.5	93	96	97	98	99
February	96.2	92	99	98	97	97
March	93.2	92	83	96	88	99
April	91.9		88	87	98	96
May	85.0		82	93	84	90
June	83.4		90	93	90	63
July	80.9		88	92	55	91
August	86.3		90	85	79	78
September	89.4		92	83	83	95
October	91.2		94	87	95	85
November	93.9		92	97	96	92
December	95.8		92	94	94	100
Average	89.2	92.2	89.4	91.0	85.5	88.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.4	6	7	8	4	8
February	6.9	7	9	6	6	6
March	7.8	8	6	9	9	8
April	9.2		9	9	8	10
May	11.8		12	13	10	12
June	14.6		16	15	15	14
July	15.9		15	16	16	15
August	15.9		16	16	15	15
September	14.5		16	14	15	14
October	11.7		11	13	12	11
November	8.9		8	11	9	10
December	6.8		7	5	7	7
Average	10.4	7.0	11.0	11.4	10.5	10.7

89th highest temperature of United Kingdom

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.2	2	2	4	0	3
February	2.3	2	4	2	2	2
March	2.8	4	1	4	4	2
April	3.7		4	4	1	3
May	6.1		7	7	4	6
June	9.3		10	10	9	9
July	10.6		10	11	12	9
August	10.6		11	11	11	11
September	8.8		10	10	10	9
October	7.2		7	9	7	7
November	4.9		3	7	5	6
December	2.9		3	2	3	4
Average	5.6	2.7	6.0	6.6	5.5	5.8

25th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.2	16	14	10	11	8
February	11.7	18	14	13	6	13
March	11.1	10	14	6	11	6
April	7.5		8	9	5	5
May	9.2		7	10	10	12
June	8.9		6	5	6	10
July	8.7		12	9	4	10
August	8.4		9	8	7	5
September	11.9		8	12	9	10
October	18.9		19	13	22	26
November	16.4		19	11	18	10
December	15.0		22	17	7	12
Average	11.2	13.8	11.3	9.3	8.9	10.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.5	12	13	13	8	12
February	12.8	11	12	14	15	15
March	12.5	12	10	12	12	12
April	11.1		11	9	10	11
May	10.0		11	10	9	11
June	9.1		7	9	9	9
July	8.8		10	9	7	9
August	8.7		9	8	9	8
September	10.5		8	12	8	10
October	12.1		14	12	10	10
November	12.2		9	14	12	10
December	10.8		12	12	10	10
Average	10.7	11.8	10.1	10.5	9.7	10.3

89th highest wind speed of United Kingdom

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	217°	235°	247°	285°	223°
February	217°	243°	238°	144°	237°
March	130°	017°	151°	255°	243°
April		113°	068°	309°	190°
May		242°	230°	043°	292°
June		125°	188°	216°	076°
July		298°	276°	356°	281°
August		319°	202°	337°	115°
September		194°	350°	201°	242°
October		114°	192°	211°	085°
November		044°	152°	271°	210°
December		152°	324°	160°	144°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.